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Don’t forget Yomif Kejelcha who finished in 1:59:41, a world record up until 11 seconds prior. Amazing.
by vessenes 6mo ago
Don’t forget Yomif Kejelcha who finished in 1:59:41, a world record up until 11 seconds prior. Amazing.
- ronbenton 6mo agoImagine having the second fastest marathon time ever yet not winning the marathon you ran it in
- m463 6mo agoNobody ever remembers who was in 2nd. sigh.
- tim333 6mo agoI think Kejelcha will be back.
- twobitshifter 6mo agoApparently 3 people broke the record in the same race!
- curt15 6mo ago> Don’t forget Yomif Kejelcha who finished in 1:59:41, a world record up until 11 seconds prior. Amazing. In his marathon debut too.
- giarc 6mo agoI read that as well... how could it be his first marathon? Or is it his first "big" marathon?
- wging 6mo agoIt's his first marathon ever, but he's a very experienced runner. It would be hard to find a better prospect for a good first marathon. He's a multiple (former) world record holder and medalist at shorter distances from the mile up to half marathon. His half marathon is still 2nd all time. I wouldn't have predicted this out of nowhere, but if you told me a marathon debut went this well and asked me to guess whose it was, I like to think I'd have come up with Kejelcha in my top few picks. That said, great 5000/10000 athletes don't always have great marathon careers. An example from this race is the world record holder at both those distances, Joshua Cheptegei. He's run several marathons but none spectacular by his standards. He was in this race too but 7 minutes back.
- dwayne_dibley 6mo ago> His half marathon is still 2nd all time. Rough that his Marathon time is also 2nd!